The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-12
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cured IL his Vlct1m. he bought the 1arm
IN New Jersey and the two lived to-
gether as man and wife. Three boys
and one girl were born 10 them. The
Oldest, though bright baby, was ex-
| tremely nervous. On account of the
exciting scenes through which he
passed at the Holmes farm he has since
become an imbecile. Then a young
girl, by name of May Chamberlain, con-
Guided she would sue him for divorce.
She secured a verdict of Sc, 900, but the
lawyers concluded this amount belonged
to them. Holmes made up with May
and rented q house for her in jersey
City. Her lawyers called on her to
press her judgment. She showed them
| the door, and said she cared more for
| Holmes than all the lawyers in the
world. She lived for few months with
him, and then he tired of her.
HOLMES TICKLE FANCY.
Holmes fancy roamed again, and he
married Mary Sullivan, a girl of Is,
when he had known in the old country
since her birth. Miss Sullivan believed
him to be Widower, and was married
| through the efforts of her mother. All
| his housekeeperS were banished, and he
took bis bride to his mountain home.
He found he could not broWbeat Miss
Sullivan as he had the others, and their
quarrels were frequent. Several times
she had him indicted by the Somerset
County Grand Jury. At one time he
stayed away for five days, not daring
to return home for fear of being arrested.
Miss Sullivan did not find out how she
had been imposed upon until after her
child was born. At last she could stand
it no longer and left, but before doing
so she sued Holmes and secured a YER
dict for $1,000. She has now married,
and is living very happily with her hus-
band.
The next corners were Mrs. Jessie
Morgan and her daughters. Jennie and
Maggie. Mrs. Morgan came in answer
to Holmes advertisement for house
keeper. The daughters were variety
actresses and thought the country air
would do them good. In five days
Holmes married Jennie, but the union
was seemingly unhappy, for she shortly
afterward sued for an absolute divorce
He CATCHES A TARTAR.
Dashing Gertie Barlow then came to
assume the reins Of government. She
made the most Of her opportunities,
She sold his horse and buggy and bob
bed up serenely in Philadelphia, sttired
as gentleman of leisure, several times.
He paid the cost of her escspades, but
finally let her go. is Ca
Housekeepers and governesses came
and went then with great rapidity until
last December, when pretty Katie
Meadows answe 4 his advertisement
for governes. When her mother
found out that Hc- IS lived widewer's
life in the country she did not want her
daughter to accept. Holmes eye had,
however, become fastened on Katie, and
he paid her assIduous attea ton for two
weeks, at the end of which time she be-
came his bride and took possession of his
rural retreat. Katie was but g years
old and very religious. She induced
Holmes to join the Roman Catholic
Church and attend service. About this
time he also stopped drinking, on the
neighbors think that he had truly re-
formed. He said he wanted his other
wives to know that at last he had q
woman who cared for him and for whom
he cared.
THE FIRST WIPES DIVORCE SUIT.
In 1875 his first wife sued for limited
divorce, which was granted. only 8
few months ago he called at his first
| wife's residence and saw his daughter.
| wanted her to swear that her mother
was dead, in order that he might marry
| again. His request was refused. Holmes
| had so many wives that when, on
one of his numerous trials, the opposing
counsel threatened to bring several Of
them into court, he calmly replied that
1t would be great favor, as he had for
gotten the faces of some of them His
way of securing his victims was by ad-
vertiseing for housekeeper or govern.
ess. Mr.. Anna NJ. Holmes, wife No. l ,
is very pleasant and amiable lady of
"a years, and has iron-gray hair. She
and her daughter, who is a widow, in
tend to assert their claim to the estate.
| Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Browning
have also been seen. They told the
same story of deception and fraud
which Holmes had practiced on so
many. They are Low living very hap
PLY and do not wish to be brought into
publicity. They unite in saying that
Mrs. Anna NJ. Holmes Is the rightful
claimant to the estate, and that the lat
est wife has no claim whatever. Mrs.
Katie Holmes, the last wife, dresses in
mourning and keeps very retired. She
has not yet determined on what course
to pursue, but her lawyers are looking
up her case, and will probably make q
fight for the estate, which is very vaIu-
able.
The BLOOD WOULD RUE.-For five
years 1 was great sufferer from Ca
tsrrh. My nostrils were so sensitive
could not bear the least bit of dust; at
times so bad the blood would run, and
at night l could hardly breathe. After
| trying nanu things Withnnf henafit /